The astonishing debut performance from Jonas Kaufmann as Goethe's love-lorn hero in Massenet's romantic opera. Kaufmann is supported by a superb cast including Sophie Koch and Ludovic Tézier.

Soprano Sabine Devieilhe's signature operatic role, Lakme, forms the starting point for her enticing collection of opera and songs in French. The album's theme is the exotic allure of faraway, and imagined, places and people.